John Wooden is a famous basketball coach that has come up with a idea for success. He calls this idea, the pyramid of success. Which has helped him get where he is today. I will be going on to explaining the importance of three parts in his pyramid, using examples from the movie Hoosiers and our skype with Bobby Plum, and lastly success in my own life. The pyramid is made up of fifteen different parts , and out of all of those I believe three of them are the most important. First one would be friendship. Friendship is important because everyone would be able to get along without everyone getting into fights. When there are teammates who are friends they seem to be more together rather than those who do not know anyone else they are there to just play. To play a sport it is much more than just people playing the game, than friends going out and playing a game. Friendship makes the team stronger. The teammates would know each other's strengths and weaknesses. Second, is self-control. Self-control is when someone can keep their temper under control and not take it out on someone, where they could get thrown out of the game. In wrestling if someone loses their self-control they could get thrown out of the meet and they would not be able to wrestle for the next couple meets. …show more content…
It was the very thing that everyone should have in their minds when they want to define success. If they want to go in deeper and make their own pyramid like John did, they should be able to achieve things in life. Life is not about just going through and living in the motion, it is about going through and succeeding in life and becoming the best you can become. Just like what John had said in his definition of
“Be more concerned with you character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.” These words of John Wooden are just a few out of many wise quotes millions of people, not just athletes, are inspired by today and likely will continue to be inspired by for a very long time. Basketball fans and experts consider John Wooden as one of, if not, the greatest coaches of all time. Much of his success is a result of his beliefs and coaching system. Knowing the background of Coach Wooden’s playing and coaching career plays a significant role in understanding how he practiced his beliefs with his teams and how his philosophy and success intertwined to set a precedent for the remainder of collegiate basketball.
Worthwhile results come from hard work and careful planning (Wooden). Iyanla shows this by despite being a single mother of three children and being on welfare, she was determined to do something in her life not only for her children but for herself as well. She did that by enrolling into Medger Evers College and graduated summa cum laude and later attended Queens College and received her law degree in 1988. Enthusiasm In Wooden’s Pyramid of Success, Enthusiasm means brushing off upon those with whom you come in contact. You must truly enjoy what you are doing (Wooden).
"THE LEGEND, THE LEGACY, THE LESSONS." The John R. Wooden Course. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Mar. 2014.
In America, every citizen is guaranteed life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Although each person is given these rights, it is how each person uses them that defines how successful they will be in America. There are several obstacles that some Americans face on their pursuit of happiness. In this country’s past, Americans lived by a very specific set of beliefs that valued the importance of hard work, faith, and family. As time progressed and America began to evolve as a nation, this capitalistic society no longer devoted itself to family and faith but rather success, and the pursuit of prosperity. The shift from dependence on tradition towards a society that values success and how people struggle to b successful when society makes it difficult marks a common theme in Lorraine Hansberry’s play, A Raisin in the Sun. Two of the main characters in this story Lena Younger (Mama) and her son Walter Lee directly reflect the shift from tradition to a focus on success and capital and the struggles they face in regards to racism. Mama and Walter Lee’s contrasting values about the American dream and the way in which they pursue their own dreams while facing racism exemplifies the shift from valuing tradition like in previous generations in America, to valuing success and prosperity like in more current generations.
For example, Phil Jackson who is one of the greatest coaches to ever coach has a philosophy called the 11 lessons. He’s one of those coaches that improves a player’s performance. He coached the 2 greatest shooting guard to ever play, Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant. With Jordan, he convinced him to get his teammates better, because Jordan’s stats would always look good. The thing is, they would lose and Jordan had no
In the book, "They Call Me Coach" by John Wooden, he talks about the importance of a teacher and coach as a role model for kids. He talks about his successes he had in coaching, the lessons he has learned, and the ones he has taught. In the book, you will get to walk through his life from when he was a little kid and first fell in love with basketball to when he retired from active coaching at UCLA in 1975. He also talks about his "Pyramid of Success" and the traits that every player should have.
As we prepare for the “Madness”, let’s all be reminded of our journey, the reason why we do this, the commitment we make to success. What got us to this point? What does success mean to you? Coach John Wooden reminds us all of what it takes to succeed, on and off the court. Here are Coach Wooden’s Eight Suggestions for Succeeding:
His resume consists of 10 national March Madness championships, which includes seven consecutive championships, four perfect seasons, one losing season and set the all-time record for 88 consecutive victories, all while coaching for the UCLA Bruins (Wooden 2009). Wooden took what he learned from his family, coaches and himself and constructed the Pyramid of Success that he used and implemented throughout his years at UCLA. Wooden constructed the pyramid with 15 personal qualities — each represented as a specific block — he concluded were necessary for achieving success, both as a leader and as a member of a fully functioning organization (Wooden
Wooden would motivate his players and set guidelines for them so they will be able to succeed. Wooden’s motivation made his team to be able to respond to adversity, and how to prepare for success over the season. John Wooden’s pyramid of success “ Was a teaching model aiming to motivate his students and teams to derive the most from their potential” (Early Teaching and Coaching Career). His idea to create the pyramid of success shows that he cared about other and he wanted them to succeed in life. With his pyramid of success it made it easier and more possible to be able to. It motivated and educated his teams and
According to Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung, dreams are a gateway to the unconscious mind and an individual’s deepest desires (scientificamerican.com 1). The American Dream is about gaining a large success through hard work. Deep down every individual wants to strive to achieve the best at what they acquire. However, not everyone will attain their life long goals. This is evident in The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald and There Will Be Blood written by Paul Thomas Anderson. Between these two texts the destruction of hopes and dreams can derive from smaller issues such as the lack of money, the anger and jealousy of others and the disappointment of impossibly high goals.
For example, a bad thing in college was that “the star center of the SSU men's basketball team brutally rapes a student” (“The conquering heroes” 4). This hurt the SSU basketball team because the best player couldn’t play and the team was viewed in an awful way. This was an act that made the SSU basketball team suffer horribly. One of the good things in basketball was a coach, “Wooden attributed his success to life and coaching…” (Gunderman 2). This coach brought the light onto the UCLA team. Some people called Wooden the greatest coach of all time. For example, “Wooden converted to a losing team into the conference champions in only his first year” (Gunderman 2). This had not been done before until Wooden did it. Wooden made a team of losers a bunch of champions. Plus, “The author talks about Wooden’s life and uses the life of John Wooden as an example in the articles that he writes” (Gunderman 2). Wooden used his life to the fullest and succeed in it. Wooden was a good role model and an excellent coach at the same time. Lastly, “To Wooden, success meant not winning basketball games but “knowing that you did everything you could to be the best you could be” (Gunderman 2). This is very important to live by in general. If we try our hardest and do our best then that is what
The famous retired basketball player Michael Jordan sees eye to eye with Gladwell vision of success. According to Michael Jordan “ I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career.I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 Times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again that is why I succeed.” by using facts and figures Michael Jordan highlights all his failures and how he grew from them and that to get to success you need work and
Following the Seven Spiritual Laws of Success has made me the person that I am today. The laws that we have followed have been the Law of Pure Potentiality, the Law of Giving, the Law of Karma or Cause and Effect, the Law of Least Effort, the Law of Intention and Desire, the Law of Detachment, and the Law of Dharma or Purpose in Life. These laws have taught me that success is not a destination it is a journey. They have taught me that true success is the unfolding of the divinity within us. And following these steps has helped me to find success with in myself.
My philosophy of success, is me growing into the person I want to become and being comfortable with the choices I decide to make in life. Success is not something I can achieve overnight, it’s something I must plan for then proceed to working hard for it as well. Without hard work, there isn’t anything successful about the job I want to get done or the job I wish to get done. Doing anything without hard work and dedication, and expecting the best outcome is not success; it’s mediocrity. Being mediocre/ will only allow me or anyone else to have a ‘Victim’s Mindset.’
Regardless of the fact that we have different goals and we have different definitions of success, there are common principles which if we employ, can lead us all to success.